3rd Line Network Engineer Jobs in England

Third Line Network Engineer
UK > England

The median Third Line Network Engineer salary in England is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 636 809 895
Rank change year-on-year +173 +86 +204
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 22 35 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.047% 0.041% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.043% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 22 33 47
10th Percentile £49,250 £39,400 £33,000
25th Percentile £50,875 £42,500 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £49,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% -10.09% +21.11%
75th Percentile £54,875 £51,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £53,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £49,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.16% -10.91% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 42,114 80,514 84,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.48% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,536 60,209 53,453
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,464 £38,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,915 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,822 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

3rd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer in England.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in England

3rd Line Network Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +93 20 £53,000 +8.16% 3
London +103 1 £62,500 +42.86%
Midlands - 1 £51,500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £51,500 - 1
3rd Line Network Engineer
UK

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 3rd Line Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (95.45%) SC Cleared
1 21 (95.45%) Security Cleared
2 20 (90.91%) Cisco
3 18 (81.82%) OSPF
3 18 (81.82%) BGP
4 17 (77.27%) Firewall
5 15 (68.18%) DV Cleared
6 14 (63.64%) EIGRP
6 14 (63.64%) Fortinet
7 11 (50.00%) Network Security
7 11 (50.00%) Juniper
8 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (18.18%) Advertising
10 3 (13.64%) IPsec
10 3 (13.64%) VLAN
10 3 (13.64%) VPN
10 3 (13.64%) CCNP
10 3 (13.64%) WAN
10 3 (13.64%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (13.64%) SD-WAN
10 3 (13.64%) F5
10 3 (13.64%) DMVPN
10 3 (13.64%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (13.64%) HSRP
10 3 (13.64%) FortiGate
10 3 (13.64%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (13.64%) Boundary Protection
10 3 (13.64%) Spanning Tree
10 3 (13.64%) Data Centre

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 18 (81.82%) BGP
1 18 (81.82%) OSPF
2 17 (77.27%) Firewall
3 14 (63.64%) EIGRP
4 11 (50.00%) Network Security
5 6 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (13.64%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (13.64%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (13.64%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (13.64%) DMVPN
6 3 (13.64%) HSRP
6 3 (13.64%) IPsec
6 3 (13.64%) SD-WAN
6 3 (13.64%) Spanning Tree
6 3 (13.64%) VLAN
6 3 (13.64%) VPN
6 3 (13.64%) WAN
7 1 (4.55%) Internet
7 1 (4.55%) MPLS
7 1 (4.55%) Wireless
General
1 4 (18.18%) Advertising
2 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Boundary Protection
2 2 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (9.09%) Edge Virtualization
2 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
2 2 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (4.55%) Coaching
3 1 (4.55%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (4.55%) Network Design
3 1 (4.55%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 21 (95.45%) SC Cleared
1 21 (95.45%) Security Cleared
2 15 (68.18%) DV Cleared
3 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (13.64%) CCNP
5 1 (4.55%) Degree
5 1 (4.55%) JNCIA
5 1 (4.55%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (90.91%) Cisco
2 14 (63.64%) Fortinet
3 11 (50.00%) Juniper
4 3 (13.64%) F5
5 2 (9.09%) ADVA
5 2 (9.09%) VMware
6 1 (4.55%) Meraki
6 1 (4.55%) Zscaler